By the time I had my son Miles at 41.5 weeks, I’d gained about 33 pounds, bringing me up to 150 lbs from my pre-baby 117. By then I was freakin’ huge, bigger even than in this shot taken at 39…
Category: Nutrition
Eating for a Healthy, Active Pregnancy
I’ve had a few questions about what I’ve been eating during pregnancy, so I’ll share! A great pregnancy nutrition resource, by the way, is The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Plant-Based Nutrition by Julieanna Hever, MS R.D. C.P.T., which contains some very…
Plant Based Nutrition – Will I Get Anemic?
As a personal trainer I’ve talked with many people and even seen clients struggle with iron-deficiency anemia after adopting a plant based diet. I’ve even had people describe to me how much better they felt eating this way until the issue…
The Paleo Diet – The Ultimate Review Released!
Walk into any Crossfit gym these days and the predominant nutritional advice you’ll hear is unfortunately that of the Paleo Diet. Now I am by no means knocking Crossfit – it is a fantastic style of exercise programming that…
My High Carb Pre-contest Diet!
It has now been one month since our trip to Seattle for my last contest – time flies! I wrote a review of my experience competing for Vegan Bodybuilding and Fitness, so if you haven’t read it yet check it…
Heart Attack-Proof Diet in the Media! Watch it Tonight!
I’m really excited because plant-based nutrition as a means of improving your health has been in the media a lot the last few days! Former President Bill Clinton was in a special on CNN this past Thursday discussing his dramatic…
Announcements!
Here they are: We’re hosting meal and recipe exchanges (Plant-Based Potlucks) starting August 7th, and you’re invited! We’re starting a lending library of cookbooks and health and nutrition books and DVDs! Plant-Based Potlucks I like to think that, with the…
4 Weeks From My Second Bodybuilding Contest!
On July 30th I will be competing in my second bodybuilding contest – the North American Natural Bodybuilding Federation (NANBF) Washington State Championship in Seattle Washington! That’s 4 weeks from now! After my first encounter with competing last month I’ve been as…
Meal Planning
This seems like the perfect time to announce: we’re adding meal planning to our Fitness & Nutrition Consulting services! Two-week menus, with grocery lists (for locals a grocery delivery service called Relayfoods may make it possible for me to actually…
The New MyPlate Food Guide
By now you’ve probably seen that the USDA has come out with it’s latest rendition of the food guide pyramid- MyPlate. Its release last week led to some buzz (at least from my perspective on facebook and twitter), and I…
Outline of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Part II
Here’s a blueprint of what we eat. You can basically take this list and choose from the different breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and post-workout drinks according to your tastes and cooking skill and create a menu for yourself. W e…
Planeat @ Crossroads Was a Success!
How awesome: we had a full house at Crossroads Coffee last night for our screening of Planeat, a documentary exploring plant-based nutrition and the environmental impact of our dietary choices!! Events like this make all of our efforts so…
Outline of a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet Part I
So what does a plant-based diet look like in practice? I touched on that a bit in this post by reviewing an example grocery list and what I made with all the food…but I think in general we present a…
12 Week Champions 2011 – Plant-Based Nutrition Wins Again!
It’s now May and this year’s 12 Week Challenge weigh-ins are officially in! If you remember from this time last year, out of the hundreds of competitors and ten local winners here in Richmond Virginia, 3 were my clients! You…
Plants Vs. Animals: Bodybuilding Menus Compared
Just wanted to share an article I wrote recently for veganbodybuilding.com that compares standard and vegan bodybuilding diets and includes a sample whole foods bulking menu. Check it out here!
Baltimore VegFest!
Check it: Derek and I are gonna be representing at the Veganbodybuilding.com booth at Baltimore VegFest this Saturday! Excited to meet others from the forums and excited to represent vegan bodybuilding (check out one of our sweet “team” shirts): And…
Must See: Forks Over Knives and Planeat!
I’m so excited about this Spring because not one but TWO awesome documentaries about plant-based nutrition are coming out! Planeat is coming out this month and may already be in a theater near you, so check the link and look…
Grocery Shopping and a Week of Meals for Vegan Bodybuilders and the Dogs That Love Them
**UPDATE: How We Saved $7000 Annually on Our Plant Based Grocery Bill ** This post will either be really boring or really informative…Since two major roadblocks to eating less processed food that people cite are the cost and confusion about what…
Vegan Breakfasts of Champions
Keeping my body fat % down while building muscle has always been a challenge. So, if I make a diet change that results in my suddenly losing a few percent body fat – without losing muscle – I’d have to…
New and Improved Food Diary – Marcella
As promised to our friend Tony from the cruise, here’s my new and improved diet tracking sheet! Save it to your computer by selecting File (top left), then Download as, then Excel. I’ve included a daily calorie needs calculation (Katch-McArdle…